Mall Game Friday, December 7

Thursday afternoon you will be emailed a piece of paper with pictures of people on them. PRINT THIS PAPER and FIND A PEN!

Friday evening BE AT THE PRAIRIE MALL at 7:00 PM and walk around the mall looking for the people on the paper we sent you--they may be dressed as themselves or they may be disguised. When you find them, approach them and say OUGGA BOUGGA. They will give you password which you WRITE ON the paper beside their picture. You must find everybody on your paper.

At 8:45 head across the road to Tim Horton's. You will be crossing a busy road--please use the crosswalk by Arby's or by the Grande Prairie Inn. BRING $$ for refreshments when we get there and GET PICKED UP from the North Tim Horton's at 9:30.

Guys/Girls Location

Guys Night is happening at Stephen Artibise's Friday from 7:00 to 9:30. Stephen lives in Royal Oaks--11926 105A Street. If you can't find it his number is 539-1139. Clint is arranging some gaming--you can email him at supergoalie1@msn.com because I think he is looking for some systems and controllers.

Girls Night is going to be at McLaurin Friday from 7:00 to 9:30. Ami, Lisa, Miriah, and Chelsea have some fun games planned. Please bring a snack to share with everyone.

Floor Hockey

This Tuesday, November 27 we are playing Floor Hockey at McLaurin at 7:00 PM--anyone is welcome as long as they can take a hit.

On Friday, November 30 we are planning a Guys Night and Girls Night. The way it will work is that Guys will be doing something at one place and Girls will be doing something at another place. We are still working out the details and I will post the information you need by Wednesday.

Sock Wars...

Remember to bring 2 socks this Friday, Nov 23 for SOCK WARS at McLaurin from 7:00 to 9:30. SOCK WARS involves putting one sock inside the other sock to make a near lethal weapon, a smoke machine, and running around the church hitting each other with them. Sound like fun? Bring a friend.

Dodgeball

This Friday we will be playing Dodgeball at St. Clement's School, 9636 109 Ave, from 7:00 to 9:30. We are playing against/with students from St. Joe's. Remember to bring indoor shoes. Thanks for your help with the shoeboxes this weekend. In total we collected about 3600 boxes and that were packed and shipped this week. It seems that they collect as many boxes on Saturday as they did all day Thursday and Friday. Who would'ver thought?

Disturbing the Peace

Here is our group picture from DTP.

Free Pizza on Friday, November 9

This Friday, November 9, you can get pizza because we will be helping with the Operation Christmas Child Box Collection at McLaurin. We are covering from 4:30 to 9:30 and we will be collecting the boxes and putting them in bigger boxes that get shipped to Calgary. We will be doing 2 shifts--from 4:30 to 7:30 and from 6:30 to 9:30. During the hour that overlaps from 6:30 to 7:30 we will be ordering pizza for supper. You can come for one of the shifts or you can come for both of the shifts. See you Friday!

Bring your friends to Mission Impossible

Friday, October 26 we are meeting at McLaurin at 6:45 and taking a bus to camp to play Mission Impossible. You need to bring--warm clothes, a flashlight, a consent form if you haven't turned one in yet. We will be back at McLaurin by 10:00 PM. If you need a consent form email darren@homewardjourney.ca

The Singing Bee and Celebration Sunday

This Friday, October 19, we are having our first ever Singing Bee for the coveted Singing Bee trophy. Meet at the church at 7:00 and be sure to bring your vocal cords.

Remember that this Sunday is Celebration Sunday--that means only on service at 10:00 AM--all ages together.

Correct Directions to the Temple's

I made a mistake on the directions to the Temple's. Wes and Shirley live in Sandy Point Estates. There house is the first one on the left. Look for their big white barn. Sorry!!

Drive In Movie--October 12

This Friday we are going to meet at the Temple's for a drive-in-movie. In case you don't know what that is, you sit in your car and watch a movie. We are going to watch Evan Almighty. You need to bring your blankets and pillows to trip out your trunk and maybe a lawn chair--depending on how many vehicles we have. To get to the Temples, take Highway 40 south of town and turn left at Township Road 710 (Formula Powell) and take the second right into Sandy Lane Point Estates. The Temple's live in the first place on the right. If your parents want to join us for the evening they are invited!!! In case you get lost the Temple's number is 532-9329.

Amazing Race

The AMAZING RACE is this Friday at McLaurin at 7:00 PM. Please remember to bring with you $2 and to dress for the weather because we will be outside all night! In addition, if you have a cell phone please bring it along. If you don't have a cell, don't worry about it because we will put you in a group with a phone. We will tell your parents where to pick you up when they drop you off.

Fingerblasters Friday September 28

This Friday we are meeting at McLaurin from 7:00 PM to 9:30 and playing Fingerblasters. Fingerblasters are a 9 inch by 1 inch foam projectile that shoots like a rubber band. The games we will play with the Fingerblasters will involve hitting each other with them.
You may recognize that this is a change and you may be asking "Why the change?". We had originally planned to go to Waterballoonmania but I, Darren, did not call to let them know we were planning on coming until yesterday, Monday, and they did not have room.
So hope you join us to play Fingerblasters.

Harvest Party on Friday September 21

An evening featuring a barn dance, farm games and fireworks. Meet at the Balisky/Scheidegger Farm at about 7:00 PM. To get there go north of Grande Prairie on Highway 2, past Clairmont and turn west down Emerson Trail (you turn off the #2 just before it goes to 2 lanes). Drive down Emerson Trail to Range Road 75 (roughly 10 miles). The farm is on the right of the highway just after RR75. Please make sure you dress country (hat, boots, jeans) and bring some baked goodies with you to share. A reminder that everyone, including parents and younger siblings are invited and that you don't need to worry if you have never danced before because we will be teaching some country dances and line dances during the evening.

Hockey Pool

We are running a church Hockey Pool this year. To join go to http://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy. The League ID is 18549 and the password is "darren". We would love lots of you to join and hope that this is a fun thing for us to do together.

Pictures from Youth Retreat

Sorry but this post won't contain any pictures from the weekend. i forgot my camera and was hoping that somebody had one along and had some pictures we can post. If you have any please let me now. Remember that this Friday, September 14 we are going to the Corn Maize--we are meeting there at 6:00 PM and you need to bring $5. You can get directions at http://gpcornmaze.com. If you need a ride feel free to call one of our leaders.

Youth Retreat

September 7-9 is our annual youth retreat at Camp Wapiti. The theme for the weekend is TV to DVD. Many of the things we do will have to do with some TV shows that have recently been released to DVD. Did I mention we are going paintballing? You can download the registration form at www.homewardjourney.ca. Did I mention Camp Wapiti has a new look to their website?

Lots to Look Forward To...

Welcome to our blog. We are hoping this becomes an important part in keeping you informed about what is happening with the youth ministry. Feel free to check back often and if you have any questions post them.

This year we are making a change that we think will make the year even better--we are going to be running one event each week for Junior and Senior High students together on Friday nights. Here is a list of some of the things we have planned for the fall.

September 7-9 Youth Retreat at Camp Wapiti
September 14 Corn Maze
September 16 Grow Time begins
September 21 Harvest Party
September 28 Waterballoonmania
October 12-14 Spiritual Retreat
November 2-4 Disturbing the Peace